Luke 15:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, which need no repentance.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes; And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Matthew 18:13

And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

Matthew 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

Luke 15:10

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Luke 15:32

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:6

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:8

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 5:32

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Romans 7:9

And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;